Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (Australia)

Australian Government Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet

Agency overview
Formed	12 March 1971
Preceding agency	Prime Minister's Department Department of the Cabinet Office
Jurisdiction	Commonwealth of Australia
Employees	771 (estimate for averaging staffing level for 2013-14)
Annual budget	A$140.7 million (2007/08)
Ministers responsible	Malcolm Turnbull, Prime Minister Nigel Scullion, Minister for Indigenous Affairs Michaelia Cash, Minister for Women, Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for the Public Service Michael Keenan, Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for Counter-Terrorism James McGrath, Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister Angus Taylor, Assistant Minister for Cities and Digital Transformation Scott Ryan, Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for Cabinet
Agency executive	Martin Parkinson, Secretary
Child agencies	Office of the Official Secretary to the Governor-General Australian Public Service Commission Office of National Assessments Office of the Commonwealth Ombudsman Office of Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security Independent National Security Legislation Monitor Australian National Audit Office Office of the Registrar of Indigenous Corporations Indigenous Land Corporation Central Land Council Northern Land Council National Australia Day Council
Website	www.dpmc.gov.au

The Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (PM&C) is an Australian Government public service central department of state with broad ranging responsibilities, primary of which is for intergovernmental and whole of government policy coordination and assisting the Prime Minister of Australia in managing the Cabinet of Australia. The PM&C was established in 1971 and traces its origins back to the Prime Minister's Department established in 1911.

The role of PM&C is to support the policy agendas of the Prime Minister and Cabinet through high quality policy advice and the coordination of the implementation of key government programs, to manage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander policy and programs and to promote reconciliation, to provide leadership for the Australian Public Service alongside the Australian Public Service Commission, to oversee the honours and symbols of the Commonwealth, to provide support to ceremonies and official visits, to set whole of government service delivery policy, and to coordinate national security, cyber, counterterrorism, regulatory reform, cities, population, data, and women's policy.

The Department are similar but not analogous to the United States Executive Office of the President, the United Kingdom Cabinet Office, the Canadian Privy Council Office, and the New Zealand Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet.

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